Church: A Black Hole

"The church is the black hole that sucks Christians out of society." That provocative statement was how Dan Moose, Director of Church Planting for the EFCA’s North Central District, recently led the "Cultivating a Culture of Outreach" seminar held at Calvary EFC in Rochester, MN. Moose challenged the participants to consider both the culture of the church and how they as individuals related to the community of the lost. The challenge focused on key questions:

• Is your church an attracting (i.e., trying to get people to come to you) or a sending (i.e., meet people where they are at) kind of church?
• Do you have “pagan” friends who would call you in a crisis?
• Do you see your neighbors “eternally, not externally”?
  

Moose walked through the perceived cost to cultivating a culture of outreach and shared a framework for churches to move forward with community outreach.